NEW YORK - Chris Rippon, a veteran NCAA Division I football
coach with significant experience at both the Bowl Subdivision and Championship
Subdivision levels, has been named defensive coordinator and secondary coach at
Columbia University, Patricia and Shepard Alexander Head Coach of Football Pete
Mangurian announced today.

Chris Rippon brings more than 29 years of collegiate
football coaching experience to the Columbia Football staff, having been
involved in more than 120 victories at the NCAA Division I level.

"Chris's back ground fits well with our team
philosophy. He has coached at the highest levels of college football, and knows
'New York' high school football. He is committed to making this transition easy
for our players, which is very easy to say and hard to do," Coach Mangurian
said. "I have total confidence in his experience and his ability to not only
adapt, but bring new ideas to our football team. Experience, work ethic, energy
and a great communicator, Chris will make our players and our staff
better."

Rippon just recently served as the defensive coordinator at
Marshall from 2010-2012. At Marshall, he also coached the linebackers.

Rippon served as special teams coordinator at Rutgers in
2008 and helped the Scarlet Knights to a win in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. He has
19 years of NCAA FBS coaching experience that includes five years as defensive
coordinator at Syracuse University and a total of nine years as a special teams
coordinator with stops at Syracuse, Ole Miss and Rutgers.

Rippon served as special teams coordinator and defensive
backs coach at Ole Miss from 2005-2008 after spending the previous 12 seasons
under Paul Pasqualoni at Syracuse. During his time with the Orange, he served
as defensive coordinator (1999-2003) before taking on the title of assistant
head coach and special teams coordinator in 2004. He came to SU as a
linebackers coach in 1993 and moved to coaching defensive ends in 1994. He
served as the special teams coordinator from 1995 to 1999 while also coaching
linebackers.

During Rippon's tenure at Syracuse, the Orange produced many
record setting performances on defense and special teams that translated into
one of the top eras in Syracuse history. His 1999 defensive unit was one of the
nation's top-15 defenses throughout the season and the following year Syracuse
ranked in the Top 25 nationally in multiple defensive categories. The 2001 SU
defense accumulated an impressive 40 quarterback sacks, the second most in
school history, and forced 30 turnovers, the most takeaways during Paul
Pasqualoni's coaching tenure at SU. His special teams units produced three
All-American return specialists in Marvin Harrison, Quinton Spotwood and Kevin
Johnson.

While coaching at Syracuse, Rippon was on the coaching staff
of teams that won or shared the 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2004 BIG EAST
Championships and participated in the 1996 Gator, 1997 Liberty, 1998 Fiesta,
1999 Orange, 1999 Music City, 2001 Insight.com and 2004 Champs Sports Bowl. He
also coached in the 2002 Blue-Gray Senior Classic.

Over the course of his career Rippon has coached 22 players
that have been drafted into the National Football League, including five
first-round draft picks.

Rippon is a 1982 graduate of Southern Connecticut State,
where he played football and earned a degree in physical education. He received
his master's degree in agency counseling from Western Connecticut State in
1985. After graduating from Southern Connecticut, Rippon served as a graduate
assistant at Western Connecticut State under Pasqualoni. He was promoted to
defensive coordinator and assistant director of athletics in 1984 before being
promoted to head coach when Pasqualoni left to join the Syracuse staff in 1987.
After three seasons as head coach he moved on to Boston University where he
spent three years as defensive coordinator.